Senior Medical Secretary for Offsite Practice

Mount Sinai; New York (NY); On-site; USD 62,000 - 67,000; Full time

Job summary

Mount Sinai Health System is seeking a Senior Offsite Medical Secretary to provide secretarial support to the supervising physician in an offsite practice setting.

Responsibilities include handling a high volume of telephones, reception, check in, registration, scheduling coordination, including OR scheduling and confirmation, authorization/precertification, chart preparation and maintenance, and all other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Associates Degree or High School Diploma with 2+ years of related experience.
• Graduate of a Medical Assistant program if performing clinical duties.
• Certified Medical Assistant required if performing Medical Assistant duties.

Responsibilities

• Clerical, reception and telephone support for practice.
• May schedule and coordinate patient appointments within practice and with outside specialties.
• Acquire insurance authorizations for procedures and tests.
• May enter orders into the EMR system or prepare prescription refill requests with MD approval.
• Maintains logging system for tracking test results.
• May be responsible for check in and registration.
• Assist in maintaining medical charts/EMR documents.
• Prepare patient charts and gather necessary records.
• May schedule surgeries/procedures with Surgical Coordinator team.
• Prepare physicians' mail correspondence and retrieve mail as needed.
• Assist with patient flow and rooming.
• Discuss payments with patients in coordination with the surgery finance team.
• May perform various screenings prior to clinic sessions.
• Assist supervisor with staff schedules and coverage.
• If qualified, perform Medical Assistant duties (venipuncture, EKGs, etc.).
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Administrative experience

Education

Associate's or high school diploma

Medical Assistant program (if clinical duties)

Certified Medical Assistant (if MA duties)

Job description

Mount Sinai Health System is seeking a Senior Offsite Medical Secretary to provide secretarial support to the supervising physician in an offsite practice setting.

Responsibilities include handling a high volume of telephones, reception, check in, registration, scheduling coordination, including OR scheduling and confirmation, authorization/precertification, chart preparation and maintenance, and all other duties as assigned.